educating today . ideas to ponder . resources to use

Month: November 2016

Gender Insights Coming to Your ClassroomAn informative Educational Leadership article about current gender research and how we can increase equity for male and female students; don’t miss the included “Tips for More Gender-Equitable Classrooms”

Spread the Love projectOne teacher’s plan of action to promote kindness and increase self esteem in her Middle School classroom

Open MiddleA website chock-full of K-12 math problems that Dan Meyer explains “make math more like things students like” . . . the problems have an “open middle” (meaning there are multiple ways to approach and solve the problem)

More WODB!Another Which One Doesn’t Belong resource dedicated to providing thought-provoking math puzzles for students (and teachers!)